re: I keep getting malware warnings.(Posted by LOCO5150 on 2/4/13 at 4:39 pm to VetteGuy)

quote:My guess would be it's germane to whatever ad tracking software is being used here, but that's just a hunch.

So, the Germans did this?

That's great.

ETA: This robber guy comes up and says something to me about something. Content from Cmi.netseer.com has been inserted into this webpage. Visiting this webpage very likely will now infect your computer.

re: I keep getting malware warnings.(Posted by LOCO5150 on 2/4/13 at 5:03 pm to LOCO5150)

Jesus, Patrick. I feel like I'm the one doing all of the work. Ok so apparently google just recently added netseer to their list of bad boys which is why the malware is popping up on different sites.

quote:Google Display Network has blacklisted Netseer. So any advertisment using the technology will be recognized by chrome and therefore the site will be blocked. All the publishers who allow DoubleClick/AdSense (that is almost every large Publisher)in their network, can be blocked by Chrome. Keep in mind that the Publisher you're visiting is not infecting you with malware

Apparent fixes and/or solutions by most reputable internet services have simply said to switch browsers and report the problem to google.

re: I keep getting malware warnings.(Posted by LOCO5150 on 2/4/13 at 5:07 pm to LOCO5150)

quote:What happened was that the public website of Netseer, an online ad-placement service rather than a "known malware distributor," was itself corrupted with malware, perhaps in an attempt to instigate drive-by downloads.

"This morning at about 5:30am PT, our 3rd party-hosted corporate website (netseer.com) was infected with a malware [sic]," said a Netseer email sent to websites that used the company's ad service. "Consequently, Google added our domain to the list of malware-affected websites.

"Our ad-serving infrastructure is completely different from the corporate website, but shares the same domain (netseer.com). So although the malware never impacted the ad serving, all our ad-serving partners saw Chrome and other browsers flagging malware warnings to users."

In other words, because the Netseer public page was infected, Google blocked all content coming from that domain name, including ads. No actual malware was transmitted across the ad network.

Sites affected by Google's block included those of the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Guardian, TheStreet.com, Hollywood Reporter and IMDb.com, among many others.